Partitioning member



Nov. 18, 1969 J. F. SCHILLINGER PARTITIONING MEMBER Filed March 1968any. 1.

INVENTOR. JOSEPH F SCW/[U/YGER iz A 4 %2 0 4 ATTOF/YEY United StatesPatent 3,478,947 PARTITIONING MEMBER Joseph F. Schillinger, 5029SffRidgeway Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60625 Filed Mar. 4, 1968, Ser. No.710,119 Int. Cl. B65d /04, 25/10 U.S. Cl. 22915 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A divider for separating a number of articles in a package.The divider is formed from'a'single piece of material and is cut andscored to form" longitudinal end transverse divider elements within thepackage.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the invention A device for diving abox into separate compartments.

Description of the prior art A number of patents show dividers ofvarious types. Exemplary of these are the Weiss U.S,- Batents Nos.3,211,357, 3,232,517, 3,248,036, 3,257,027, and 3,263,893; the GraserU.S. Patents Nos. 3,258,189 and 3,352,473; and the Holmes U.S. PatentsNos. 3,269,636 and 3,339,466.

All but one of these-the Weiss U.S. Patent No. 3,248,036disclose adivider of either single or double thickness construction in which thelongitudinal divider element is the outer peripheral section of the bodyand the transverse divider elements are the central section of the body.The transverse dividers are hinged to the longitudinal divider and bendoutwardly from it.

The Weiss U.S. Patent No. 3,248,036 discloses a divider formed from atwo-layer blank. The two layers are glued together at spaced intervals.The longitudinal divider is formed by the adhered layers and thetransverse dividers are formed by the non-adhered layers. Uponlongitudinal compression the transverse dividers bend outwardly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a divider formed froma single body portion in which the transverse elements form the outersection of the body and the longitudinal divider element forms thecentral portion of the body. The transverse elements are hinged to thelongitudinal portion. The transverse elemnts extend fully to the bottomand top of the contacting portion of the articles. This constructionallows the transverse elements to be rotated positively into theirtransverse position. In prior constructions the elements are pushed intoa transverse position but are not held in that position w-hile beinginserted between the articles. In this construction the transverseelements can be held positively in the transverse direction while beinginserted between the articles.

The present construction also allows economies by the use of lessmaterial.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of theblank. FIGURE 2 is an isometric view of the divider.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The blank 10, preferablyrectangular for economic reasons, is divided into a longitudinal divider11 and two transverse dividers 12 by slits 13 and 14, score line 15, andslits 16. The slits 13 and 14 and the score 3,478,947 Patented Nov. 18,1969 line 15 define the outer periphery of the longitudinal divider andthe inner periphery of the transverse dividers. The inner ends of thetwo slits 13 and the outer ends of the slits 14 are separated from eachother and aligned transversely of the blank so that the score line 15extending between these outer ends acts as a hinge for pivoting thetransverse dividers 12 around the longitudinal divider 11.

The outer transverse dividers 12 are separated from each other by' theslits 16 which extend from the midpoint of the slit 14 and the outeredge of the divider.

Score lines 17 may be povided to allow the transverse dividers 12 to abend at the center to conform to the position of the articles.

Each of the silts 13 defines a truncated triangle in which the innerends are the narrowest portion and the outer ends define upper and lowersections 18 and 19 which extend between the upper and lower .sections ofadjacent articles to hold them apart. The central section of each of theslits 14 extends outwardly to define upper and lower tabs 20 and 21which also extend between the upper and lower portions of adjacentarticles.

The divider may be made from paperboard, although other materials ofconstruction which provide a relatively rigid article may also be used.

I claim:

1. A carton divider which forms a pair of transverse dividers and alongitudinal divider comprising:

a body,

a pair of longitudinal slits in said body, each slit having ends whichterminate short of the end of said blank and which are aligned,

said slits defining the outer periphery of the central portion of saidlongitudinal divider and the inner periphery of a part of saidtransverse dividers,

a second slit between the ends of said longitudinal slits and theadjacent outer end of said blank, said second slits having ends whichare aligned transversely of the blank with the end of said longitudinalslits and with each other, said second slits defining the outerperiphery of said longitudinal divider and the inner periphery of saidtransverse divider,

a third slit extending from said first slits to the adjacent edge ofsaid blank,

a score line extending from each of the ends of said second slits to theadjacent end of said first slits to define hinge joints for saidtransverse dividers.

2. The article of claim 1 in which said slits define upper and lowerarticle contacting sections on said longitudinal divider.

3. The article of claim 2 in which the ends of said second slits arespaced inwardly of the ends of said first slits.

4. The article of claim 3 in which said second slits define a truncatedtriangle having its base adjacent the end of said blank.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS DAVIS T. MOORHEAD, PrimaryExaminer U.S. Cl. X.R.

